[He chuckles- it's a sad, awkward little sound- as he rubs the back of his neck. ]

Probably some panicked screaming at first? I kinda thought I'd...stealthily got away with it.

[Obviously he had not and he knew that was impossible, really. But he knows everyone in the family was lonely. Hurting. Maybe he could have reached out to her. Made the whole thing more bearable. Hell, he knew how many years Dolores had been in pain, watching the boy she loved fawn over her cousin. He'd seen it coming long before it came to be. ]

I did. I...I don't think it was the right one...in hindsight. But I guess that's...just a lesson to learn. I'm- it might have done us both a little better, if we'd both reached out, huh?